‘868-HACK’ Developer Michael Brough’s Brilliant ‘Imbroglio’ Gets New Paid “Mizzenmast” Expansion - Videogames Blogs

‘868-HACK’ Developer Michael Brough’s Brilliant ‘Imbroglio’ Gets New Paid “Mizzenmast” Expansion



It was just about this time 4 years ago that developer Michael Brough released his latest entry in the tactical roguelike genre with a new game called Imbroglio. Brough has released a number of games over the years, but none more famous than 868-HACK in 2013 which featured a finely honed set of mechanics and nearly infinite replay value. Imbroglio actually shared a lot with its cousin 868-HACK in that it was an incredibly approachable game on its surface but contained many, MANY layers of depth for those who dared to master its intricacies. We loved Imbroglio in our original review and included it in our Best Games of 2016 list. While a big rebalancing update and leaderboard reset happened just this past February, it had been a couple of years since Imbroglio had seen any sort of new content. That changed today with the release of a new paid expansion for the game called Mizzenmast. Imbroglio has seen two previous expansions before today’s: the Ossuary expansion in October of 2016 and the Phlogiston expansion in April of 2018. Like those expansions, Mizzenmast also features 16 new weapon cards, but unlike those expansions that featured just two new characters, Mizzenmast features FOUR new characters. It’s almost like a double expansion, which is probably why it’s priced higher than the previous ones at $7.99. Mizzenmast also includes a new game mode called Draft which Brough explains is “a new way to play the game with a more ‘roguelike’ ...
Source: Touch Arcade
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